Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin
1:40 pm
Dr. Peter Boylan:
When a woman opts to continue with a pregnancy, then we have two patients who we have to take care of during the course of a pregnancy. That is why with ongoing pregnancies, which are the norm, we assess the condition of the foetus and we do ultrasound scans right throughout the whole pregnancy.
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